Ørjan Berg Hansen (born 29 April 1984) is a Norwegian

football defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

who is currently the director of sports of Fram Larvik. Hailing from

Larvik Larvik () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Larvik (town) ...

, he started his career in

Larvik Turn Larvik Turn & Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club that does football, handball, athletics, wrestling, and gymnastics. The club was founded as early as 1865, and has been playing football since 1906. The football team was at its best duri ...

, only to go on to second-tier team

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Sandefjord ...

. In 2006 he was loaned out to

Kongsvinger Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Aust ...

, a loan that was made permanent after the season. The highlight was contesting the

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HamKam Hamarkameratene (), often abbreviated to HamKam or Ham-Kam, is a Norwegian professional football club based in the town of Hamar. The club was founded in 1918, originally under the name Freidig. HamKam were most recently promoted to the Elites ...

in 2012 was followed by retirement due to inflammations in the knee region. He was later hired as director of sports in third-tier team Fram Larvik, playing the occasional match when the team found themselves in dire need of match-fit players.

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1984 births Living people Footballers from Larvik Norwegian men's footballers 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Sandefjord Fotball players Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players Hamarkameratene players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Men's association football defenders {{Norway-footy-defender-stub